Covid-19 healthcare staff will remain in place
The Valencia health authority took on 5,578 healthcare professionals to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, according to councillor for health Ana Barceló.
She noted that the...
Forest fire extinguished
A fierce forest fire that started on Thursday in La Romaneta – which lies between Monóvar and La Romana – has been extinguished by...
Field hospital for suspected Covid-19 migrants
The regional government has identified a temporary use for the field hospital constructed in Alicante city at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in...
Face masks in public made obligatory
Councillor for health Ana Barceló announced on Saturday that face masks will have to be worn at all times in public in the Valencia...
Homes evacuated over forest fire
A fierce forest fire that started yesterday (Thursday) in La Romaneta – which lies between Monóvar and La Romana – is still being tackled...
High-speed drug boat gang busted
A gang who made their own high-speed boats in Santa Pola to run drugs into Spain from North Africa has been busted by the...
Police detain specialist shoplifters
Suspected members of gang of specialist shoplifters who were targeting supermarkets and commercial centres around Alicante province and beyond have been arrested by the...
Extension of mask use ‘under consideration’
Valencia president Ximo Puig said on Wednesday his government would take the decision ‘in the coming days’ on a more widespread obligatory use of...
More new cases – but no deaths
A total of 23 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the Valencia region on Wednesday.
At the same time councillor for health Ana Barceló...
Second flare-up in Santa Pola
Two small outbreaks of coronavirus have occurred in Santa Pola in the last week.
The second flare-up in the town was reported yesterday (Wednesday).
The regional...
Repairs at last for smashed up seafront
Nearly €60,000 will be invested by Orihuela council in repairing Avenida de las Adelfas at Playa de la Glea, which was smashed up during...
Bloody burglars arrested
Incompetent burglars who left a trail of blood from the apartment they had broken into – as well as tools and a stolen TV...
Playground plagued with vermin
Residents of one of Orihuela Costa’s oldest and most neglected urbanisations, Montezenia, are hoping that this time the council’s promises to resolve some of...
Seafront soak-away garden gets the go-ahead
A council proposal to transform the seafront along Gran Playa in Santa Pola has been selected to receive funding by the regional government.
The ‘unappealing...